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autobiography

American  
[aw-tuh-bahy-og-ruh-fee, -bee-, aw-toh-] / ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ- /

noun

plural

autobiographies

  1. a history of a person's life written or told by that person.

autobiography British  
/ ˌɔːtəʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfɪ, ˌɔːtəbaɪ- /

noun

  1. an account of a person's life written or otherwise recorded by that person

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
autobiography Cultural  

  1. A literary work about the writer's own life. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa are autobiographical.

Other Word Forms

  • autobiographer noun

Etymology

Origin of autobiography

First recorded in 1790–1800; auto- 1 + biography

Example Sentences

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But she has also taken on several money-spinning projects including a documentary called "Melania," made in a multi-million-dollar deal with Amazon, and an audiobook of her autobiography that is narrated by AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Other than a copy of Bellamy's autobiography on the desk, there is little else decorative in this neat, sparse office at Dragon Park.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Taylor wore a grass skirt and partied with Nelson and his crew late into the night, Taylor wrote in his 2021 autobiography “Made from Scratch.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

As famously told in concerts around the world as well as in his autobiography, Springsteen worked out the first stabs at “Born to Run” on his guitar while sitting on his bed.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

When I decided to compose this intellectual autobiography, a New York editor told me that I would embark on a lonely journey.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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